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* #10: ''Murder at an Irish Chipper'' (announced for February 2024)

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** It's said in Village that no-one but Billy could have caused the crash that killed the O'Sullivan's parents because there were no other cars on the road. [[spoiler:Siobhán realizes there could have been another vehicle on the road...like a ''bicycle''.]]

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** It's said in Village that no-one but Billy could have caused the crash that killed the O'Sullivan's parents because there were no other cars on the road. [[spoiler:Siobhán realizes there could have been another vehicle on the road... like a ''bicycle''.]]



* WeddingEpisode: ''Murder at an Irish Wedding'' (no duh), and ''Murder on an Irish Farm'', which concerns Siobhán's and Macdara's wedding.

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* WeddingEpisode: ''Murder at an Irish Wedding'' (no duh), and ''Murder on an Irish Farm'', which concerns Siobhán's and Macdara's wedding.wedding.

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* #1: ''Murder in an Irish Village'' (2016)
* #2: ''Murder at an Irish Wedding'' (2017)
* #2.5[[labelnote:*]] By release date order it would be #3.5, but in-universe it's set here. [[/labelnote]]: "Christmas Cocoa Murder" (2019)[[note]]Collected in ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' anthology, along with books #6.5 of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and #7.5 of Alex Erickson's ''Literature/BookstoreCafeMysteries''.[[/note]]
* #3: ''Murder in an Irish Churchyard'' (2018)
* #4: ''Murder in an Irish Pub'' (2019)
* #5: ''Murder in an Irish Cottage'' (2020)
* #6: ''Murder at an Irish Christmas'' (2020)
* #7: ''Murder in an Irish Bookshop'' (2021)
* #8: ''Murder on an Irish Farm'' (2022)
* #8.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with books #10.5 of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and #8.5 of Peggy Ehrhart's ''Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries''.[[/note]]
* #9: ''Murder at an Irish Bakery'' (2023)

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* #1: #01: ''Murder in an Irish Village'' (2016)
* #2: #02: ''Murder at an Irish Wedding'' (2017)
* #2.#02.5[[labelnote:*]] By release date order it would be #3.5, but in-universe it's set here. [[/labelnote]]: "Christmas Cocoa Murder" (2019)[[note]]Collected in ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' anthology, along with books #6.5 of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and #7.5 of Alex Erickson's ''Literature/BookstoreCafeMysteries''.[[/note]]
* #3: #03: ''Murder in an Irish Churchyard'' (2018)
* #4: #04: ''Murder in an Irish Pub'' (2019)
* #5: #05: ''Murder in an Irish Cottage'' (2020)
* #6: #06: ''Murder at an Irish Christmas'' (2020)
* #7: #07: ''Murder in an Irish Bookshop'' (2021)
* #8: #08: ''Murder on an Irish Farm'' (2022)
* #8.#08.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with books #10.5 of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and #8.5 of Peggy Ehrhart's ''Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries''.[[/note]]
* #9: #09: ''Murder at an Irish Bakery'' (2023)
* #10: ''Murder at an Irish Chipper'' (announced for February 2024)
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* #9: ''Murder at an Irish Bakery'' (announced for February 2023)

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** [[spoiler: What the deaths of the O'Sullivan's parents turns out to be.]] As it turns out, [[spoiler: Seamus Sheady]] was riding alongside them on [[spoiler: his]] bike one day, and while they were distracted talking to [[spoiler: him]], they were hit by Billy Murphy while he was driving drunk. [[spoiler: Niall Murphy and Courtney Kirby, on the other hand, were ''very'' intentional murders.]]

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** [[spoiler: What [[spoiler:What the deaths of the O'Sullivan's parents turns out to be.]] As it turns out, [[spoiler: Seamus Sheady]] was riding alongside them on [[spoiler: his]] [[spoiler:his]] bike one day, and while they were distracted talking to [[spoiler: him]], they were hit by Billy Murphy while he was driving drunk. [[spoiler: Niall [[spoiler:Niall Murphy and Courtney Kirby, on the other hand, were ''very'' intentional murders.]]



*** [[spoiler: Colm Cahill from the same book is also an unpleasant and angry man.]]

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*** [[spoiler: Colm [[spoiler:Colm Cahill from the same book is also an unpleasant and angry man.]]



** Niall Murphy tries to do blackmail citizens of Kilbane in ''Village'' to earn money so he can get his brother out of prison. [[spoiler: It ends up costing him his life.]]

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** Niall Murphy tries to do blackmail citizens of Kilbane in ''Village'' to earn money so he can get his brother out of prison. [[spoiler: It ends up costing him his life.]]



* BludgeonedToDeath: Kevin Gallagher was killed from being struck on the head with a rock from behind.



* CreepyCrossdresser: [[spoiler: The killer of ''Churchyard'' does this as a disguise.]]

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* CreepyCrossdresser: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The killer of ''Churchyard'' does this as a disguise.]]



** It's said in Village that no-one but Billy could have caused the crash that killed the O'Sullivan's parents because there were no other cars on the road. [[spoiler: Siobhán realizes there could have been another vehicle on the road...like a ''bicycle''.]]

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** It's said in Village that no-one but Billy could have caused the crash that killed the O'Sullivan's parents because there were no other cars on the road. [[spoiler: Siobhán [[spoiler:Siobhán realizes there could have been another vehicle on the road...like a ''bicycle''.]]



* LockedRoomMystery: ''Murder in an Irish Pub''. Professional poker player Eamon Foley is found hanging from a noose in the storeroom of a pub, the door locked from the inside. The key to solving the case is figuring out how someone could have locked the deadbolt. [[spoiler: The deadbolt was put in the locked way by use of a tentpole put through a small window.]]
* MurderByMistake: Kevin Gallagher from ''Wedding'' was killed because the killer [[spoiler: thought she was killing her father Colm, who was wearing the same kind of tracksuit.]]

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* LockedRoomMystery: ''Murder in an Irish Pub''. Professional poker player Eamon Foley is found hanging from a noose in the storeroom of a pub, the door locked from the inside. The key to solving the case is figuring out how someone could have locked the deadbolt. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The deadbolt was put in the locked way by use of a tentpole put through a small window.]]
* MurderByMistake: Kevin Gallagher from ''Wedding'' was killed because the killer [[spoiler: thought [[spoiler:thought she was killing her father Colm, who was wearing the same kind of tracksuit.]]



** [[spoiler: Colm Cahill]] dies in wedding when [[spoiler: Alice]] slips poison into his champagne glass.

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** [[spoiler: Colm [[spoiler:Colm Cahill]] dies in wedding when [[spoiler: Alice]] [[spoiler:Alice]] slips poison into his champagne glass.



* TapOnTheHead: Kevin Gallagher was killed from being struck on the head with a rock from behind.
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* #8.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (announced for September 2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with books #10.5 of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and #8.5 of Peggy Ehrhart's ''Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries''.[[/note]]

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* #8.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (announced for September 2022) (2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with books #10.5 of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and #8.5 of Peggy Ehrhart's ''Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries''.[[/note]]
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''Irish Village Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Carlene O'Connor (pen name of Creator/MaryCarter). The series features Siobhán O'Sullivan, who (along with her five siblings) runs the family business -- Naomi's Bistro, named for their mother -- after the O'Sullivan parents died in a car crash almost a year before the start of the series in Kilbane, County Cork. But when they discover a dead body at one of the tables, Siobhán sets to work solving the murder, with the help of her siblings.

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''Irish Village Mysteries'' is an armchair/amateur sleuth/CozyMystery series by Carlene O'Connor (pen name of Creator/MaryCarter). The series features Siobhán O'Sullivan, who (along with her five siblings) runs the family business -- Naomi's Bistro, named for their mother -- after the O'Sullivan parents died in a car crash almost a year before the start of the series in Kilbane, County Cork. But when they discover a dead body at one of the tables, Siobhán sets to work solving the murder, with the help of her siblings.
siblings, eventually putting her talents for solving murders into joining the Garda Síochána.
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* #9: ''Murder at an Irish Bakery'' (announced for February 2023)
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* #8.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (announced for September 2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with Literature/CountryStoreMysteries #10.5 "Scarfed Down" and Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries #8.5 "Death by Christmas Scarf". [[/note]]

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* #8.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (announced for September 2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with Literature/CountryStoreMysteries books #10.5 "Scarfed Down" of Maddie Day's ''Literature/CountryStoreMysteries'' and Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries #8.5 "Death by Christmas Scarf". of Peggy Ehrhart's ''Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries''.[[/note]]
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** Niall Murphy from ''Village''.

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** Niall Murphy from ''Village''. He was blackmailing several townsfolk in order to raise money to free his drunk driving brother. [[spoiler:More often than not, he didn't even have real proof of whatever he was blackmailing people over. Unfortunately for him, his killer didn't know that.]]



** Niall Murphy tries to do this in ''Village'' to earn money so he can get his brother out of prison. [[spoiler: It ends up costing him his life.]]

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** Niall Murphy tries to do this blackmail citizens of Kilbane in ''Village'' to earn money so he can get his brother out of prison. [[spoiler: It ends up costing him his life.]]



* CreepyCrossdresser: [[spoiler: The killer of ''Churchyard'' does this after shooting the victim.]]

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* CreepyCrossdresser: [[spoiler: The killer of ''Churchyard'' does this after shooting the victim.as a disguise.]]



** It's said in Village that no-one but Billy could have caused the crash that killed the O'Sullivan's parents because there were no other cars on the road. [[spoiler: Siobhán realizes there could have been another vehicle on the road... like a ''bicycle''.]]

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** It's said in Village that no-one but Billy could have caused the crash that killed the O'Sullivan's parents because there were no other cars on the road. [[spoiler: Siobhán realizes there could have been another vehicle on the road... like a ''bicycle''.]]



** The state pathologist really has a thing for cashews, eating them almost constantly.

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** The Jeanie Brady, the state pathologist pathologist, really has a thing for cashews, eating them almost constantly.
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* #8: ''Murder on an Irish Farm'' (announced for February 2022)

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* #8: ''Murder on an Irish Farm'' (announced for February 2022)(2022)
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** [[spoiler: Colm Cahill from the same book is also an unpleasant and angry man.]]

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** *** [[spoiler: Colm Cahill from the same book is also an unpleasant and angry man.]]

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** [[spoiler: Colm Cahill from the same book is also an unpleasant and angry man.]]



** [[spoiler: What the murder in ''Murder in an Irish Churchyard'' ends up being about.]]

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** [[spoiler: What the murder in ''Murder in an Irish Churchyard'' ends up being about. The victim refused to play along anymore with George's blackmail, so George shot him to prevent him from reporting him.]]



* CreepyCrossdresser: [[spoiler: The killer of ''Churchyard'' does this after shooting the victim.]]



* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each book is styled as "Murder in/at/on an Irish *blank*". Subverted for "Christmas Cocoa Murder".
* LockedRoomMystery: ''Murder in an Irish Pub''. Professional poker player Eamon Foley is found hanging from a noose in the storeroom of a pub, the door bolted from the inside. The key to solving the case is figuring out how someone could have locked the deadbolt. [[spoiler: The deadbolt was put in the locked way by use of a tentpole put through a small window.]]
* MurderByMistake: Kevin Gallagher from ''Wedding'' was killed because the killer [[spoiler: thought she was killing her father, who was wearing the same kind of tracksuit.]]

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each book is styled as "Murder in/at/on an Irish *blank*". Subverted for "Christmas Cocoa Murder" and "Christmas Scarf Murder".
* LockedRoomMystery: ''Murder in an Irish Pub''. Professional poker player Eamon Foley is found hanging from a noose in the storeroom of a pub, the door bolted locked from the inside. The key to solving the case is figuring out how someone could have locked the deadbolt. [[spoiler: The deadbolt was put in the locked way by use of a tentpole put through a small window.]]
* MurderByMistake: Kevin Gallagher from ''Wedding'' was killed because the killer [[spoiler: thought she was killing her father, father Colm, who was wearing the same kind of tracksuit.]]



* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink:
** [[spoiler: Colm Cahill]] dies in wedding when [[spoiler: Alice]] slips poison into his champagne glass.
** The killer tries to do this in ''Cottage'' with the victim's whiskey. When that doesn't work, they smother her.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The state pathologist really has a thing for cashews, eating them almost constantly.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Siobhán loves the brown bread and cappuccinos she makes.
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The state pathologist really has a thing for cashews, eating them almost constantly.
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* #8.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (announced for September 2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with Literature/CountryStoreMysteries #10.5 ''Scarfed Down'' and Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries #8.5 ''Death by Christmas Scarf''. [[/note]]

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* #8.5: "Christmas Scarf Murder" (announced for September 2022) [[note]]Collected in the anthology of the same name, along with Literature/CountryStoreMysteries #10.5 ''Scarfed Down'' "Scarfed Down" and Literature/KnitAndNibbleMysteries #8.5 ''Death "Death by Christmas Scarf''.Scarf". [[/note]]



** from ''Wedding''.

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** Kevin Gallagher from ''Wedding''.''Wedding'', who's killed after insulting several people.



* ChristmasEpisode: The novella stories ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' and ''Christmas Scarf Murder'', as well as the full book ''Murder at an Irish Christmas''.

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* ChristmasEpisode: The novella stories ''Christmas "Christmas Cocoa Murder'' Murder" and ''Christmas "Christmas Scarf Murder'', Murder", as well as the full book ''Murder at an Irish Christmas''.



* HealthcareMotivation: What guided the murder in ''Christmas Cocoa Murder''. The killer had set up a rigged Nutcracker contest to give his kid medical treatments he desperately needed. When he thought Paddy O'Shea had stolen the nutcracker, he brained him on the head with it, and then threw him into the tank of hot cocoa.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each book is styled as "Murder in/at/on an Irish *blank*". Subverted for ''Christmas Cocoa Murder''.

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* HealthcareMotivation: What guided the murder in ''Christmas "Christmas Cocoa Murder''.Murder". The killer had set up a rigged Nutcracker contest to give his kid medical treatments he desperately needed. When he thought Paddy O'Shea had stolen the nutcracker, he brained him on the head with it, and then threw him into the tank of hot cocoa.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each book is styled as "Murder in/at/on an Irish *blank*". Subverted for ''Christmas "Christmas Cocoa Murder''.Murder".



* PainToTheAss: In ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'', Siobhán is put above a dunk tank while tied up and drugged by the killer. She escapes by moving backwards and falling onto her butt onto a concrete floor. She wishes she had a bigger bottom so that such a landing doesn't hurt so much.

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* PainToTheAss: In ''Christmas "Christmas Cocoa Murder'', Murder", Siobhán is put above a dunk tank while tied up and drugged by the killer. She escapes by moving backwards and falling onto her butt onto a concrete floor. She wishes she had a bigger bottom so that such a landing doesn't hurt so much.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The novella story ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'', and later the full book ''Murder at an Irish Christmas''.

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* ChristmasEpisode: The novella story stories ''Christmas Cocoa Murder'' and ''Christmas Scarf Murder'', and later as well as the full book ''Murder at an Irish Christmas''.

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